Scott Bogman of ITL joins the show to break down rookie individual defensive players (IDPs) for fantasy football. We talk about the changes to the game that make it difficult to assess the divergence of how teams value defensive players and their value as IDPs. Then we talk DL:Dallas Turner (MIN), Jared Verse (LAR), Laiatu Latu (IND), Chop Robinson…

The Anaheim Ducks haven't put it together yet, but there are huge young talents simmering. Victor and Jesse welcome Derek Lee of the Hockey News to talk pros. Covered are Frank Vatrano, Troy Terry, Mason McTavish, Trevor Zegras, Leo Carlsson, Ryan Strome, Alex Killorn, Cam Fowler, Pavel Mintyukov, Olen Zellweger, Radko Gudas, Tristan Luneau, John G…

Old friend Ryan Szporer of the Hockey Writers joins the show to talk Montreal Canadiens. Jesse and Victor quiz Ryan about Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovsky, Alex Newhook, Joshua Roy, Kirby Dach, Mike Matheson, David Savard, Kaiden Guhle, Sam Montembault, and Cayden Primeau. In-Goal Magazine's Cat Silverman joins in our Cat's Instincts se…

We try to set up our dynasty leagues right from day one, but what happens when we need to change the rules? Jesse gives his thoughts on what rule changes are fair game and how to approach changing them. Subscribe to Dynasty Sports Life for great dynasty talk about four dynasty sports. Some music by Kevin MacLeod. Follow on twitter at @dynsportslife…

Steve MacFarlane of the Hockey News joins the show to talk Calgary Flames. Jesse and Victor ask about Nazem Kadri, Yegor Sharangovich, Jonathan Huberdeau, Blake Coleman, Andrei Kuzmenko, Connor Zary, Andrew Mangiapane, Mikael Backlund, Matt Coronato, Jakob Pelletier, MacKenzie Weegar, Rasmus Andersson, Ilya Solovyov, Daniil Miramanov, Oliver Kyling…

Alex Adams of the Hockey Writers joins the show for all things Ottawa Senators. Covered are Tim Stutzle, Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson, Claude Giroux, Shane Pinto, Josh Norris, Mathieu Joseph, Ridy Greig, Jakob Chychrun, Jake Sanderson, Thomas Chabot, Erik Brannstrom, Joonas Korpisalo, and Anton Forsberg. In-Goal Magazine's Cat Silverman joins in …

Dennis Bernstein of the Fourth Period and Sirius XM joins the show to talk Kings. Jesse and Victor ask about Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala, Quinton Byfield, Anze Kopitar, Trevor Moore, Viktor Arvidsson, Phillip Danault, Pierre Luc-Dubois, Drew Doughty, Brandt Clarke, Cam Talbot, David Rittich, and Pheonix Copley. In-Goal Magazine's Cat Silverman joins …

Russ Cohen of Sportsology and NHLdraftbuzz.com joins the show to talk Philadelphia Flyers. Players covered include Travis Konecny, Owen Tippett, Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, Sean Couturier, Scott Laughton, Tyson Foerster, Bobby Brink, Travis Sanheim, Cam York, Egor Zamula, Jamie Drysdale, Samuel Ersson, and Ivan Fedotov. In-Goal Magazine's Cat Silve…

Craig Bozic returns to the show to talk about prospects in this upcoming NBA draft. Jesse and Craig each mock the lottery and discuss the players we might see there. Players discussed include: Alex Sarr, Stephon Castle, Ron Holland, Zaccharie Risacher, Matas Buzelis, Nikola Topic, Cody Williams, Reed Sheppard, Donovan Clingan, Rob Dillingham, Isaia…

Mike Meyer joins the show to talk Blues. Jesse and Victor ask about Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou, Pavel Buchnevich, Brayden Schenn, Brandon Saad, Jake Neighbours, Zack Bolduc, Torey Krug, Justin Faulk, Scott Perunovich, Jordan Binnington, and Joel Hofer. In-Goal Magazine's Cat Silverman joins in our Cat's Instincts segment to discuss Vadim Zherenko …

Brent Hershey, Managing Editor of BaseballHQ joins the show. Jesse asks him about some of the trends we see in baseball and how we should account for them in looking at our teams' dynasty futures. Subscribe to Dynasty Sports Life for great dynasty talk about four dynasty sports. Some music by Kevin MacLeod. Follow on twitter at @dynsportslife. Emai…

Dylan Loucks of the Hockey News joins the show to review the Minnesota Wild. Covered are Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy, Mats Zuccarello, Joel Eriksson-Ek, Ryan Hartman, Marco Rossi, Mrcus Foligno, Marcus Johansson, Brock Faber, Jonas Brodin, Jared Spurgeon, Filip Gustavsson, and Marc-Andre Fleury. In-Goal Magazine's Cat Silverman joins in our Cat's I…

Jesse rides solo talking about how he approaches general offseason and rookie prep in dynasty leagues. Have a listen - you might pick up an idea or two. Spreadsheet provided at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ACorZvr-tFO69h7gXS6vY37oH5SKZFS_m8ACHfmZ1_0/edit?usp=sharing Subscribe to Dynasty Sports Life for great dynasty talk about four dyna…

Walter Zurowski of Sabremetrix joins the show to talk about the Buffalo Sabres. Jesse and Victor ask him about Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch, Jeff Skinner, Jack Quinn, JJ Peterka, Dylan Cozens, Zach Benson, Rasmus Dahlin, Owen Power, Bowen Byram, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, and Devon Levi. In-Goal Magazine's Cat Silverman joins in our Cat's Instincts segment …

The Seattle Kraken had a tough third season. Jesse and Victor welcome RJ Eskanos of Emerald City Hockey @EmeraldCityHky to the show to give us answers. Players covered include Jared McCann, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Matty Beniers, Jordan Eberle, Eeli Tolvanen, Shane Wright, Yanni Gourde, Andre Burakovsky, Vince Dunn, Ryker Evans, Jordan Schultz, Joet Dac…

Matt Cooper of Couch Scouts returns to preview the QBs from the 2024 draft: Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, JJ McCarthy, Michael Penix Jr, and Bo Nix. Next we talk about players whose draft landing spot. These include Ladd McConkey, Trey Benson, JJ McCarthy, Bo Nix, Pichael Penix Jr, Jonathon Brooks, Xavier Worthy, Xavier Lagette, Ricky…

This is part two of a remix of Jesse and Victor's talk about salary cap strategy. How do you balance talent and cost in these leagues? Have a listen. Our show is part of the Dobber Podcast Network and sponsored by Fantrax.com. Email fantasyhockeylife@gmail.com and ask to join our free discord. Join our Patreon at Patreon.com/fantasyhockeylife for r…

Mark of Sports Ethos and host of the dynasty basketball pod Punt Intended joins the show to talk about players we have questions about for next year. Jesse discusses who could bounce back of Mikal Bridges, Robert Williams, Ja Morant, Zach LaVine, Andrew Wiggins, Klay Thompson, Kevin Huerter, Julius Randle, Jordan Poole, Mark Williams, Shaedon Sharp…

If you missed last year's series on salary leagues, this is a remix with some bonus material, Jesse and Victor discuss the different ways you can step up your dynasty league with a salary component. Our show is part of the Dobber Podcast Network and sponsored by Fantrax.com. Email fantasyhockeylife@gmail.com and ask to join our free discord. Join o…

This week the show goes meta again to talk overarching dynasty topics. Nathan of the Dynasty One Stop network joins the show to talk about his experience running a fantasy commissioner small business. We discuss sniffing out collusion, some new strategies to curb tanking, democracy vs autocratic rule in leagues, finding new managers for leagues, an…

When one of the managers in the TIDY league top tier left midseason, Patron Tim volunteered to give up his excellent team to take over a mid-season orphan fighting to escape relegation. And Tim did not go quietly. Ryan, Jesse and Victor welcome Tim to talk through his experience and the trades he made in an unusual situation. Our show is part of th…

As the NFL gears up for the draft, Pat Fitzmaurice of Fantasypros joins Jesse to talk about dynasty value changes in the wake of NFL players changing teams. Discussed are: Stefon Diggs, Keenan Allen, Diontae Johnson, Joe Mixon, and Jerry Jeudy. In the second segment, we discuss QBs who changed teams we have the most interest in for fantasy purposes…

Our guy Brandon has been doing great work behind the scenes to great Fantasy Hockey Life prospect player cards, visualizations with the metrics we care about most - including BASH. These are a great tool to catch at a glance the stats for upcoming players. Jesse interviews Brandon and Victor on the decisions behind what you'll see and how to read t…

It is a difficult time of year to find baseball players who have not been thoroughly studied in the offseason. But are there players who may be more than assumed in Dynasty? Jesse asks Joe Orrico of Sports Ethos about Garrett Crochet, Michael Kopech, Nate Pearson, Brayan Bello, Shane Bieber, Victor Vodnik, Jeff Hoffman, Kerry Carpenter, Anthony Ren…

Victor and Jesse discuss prospects and BASH (Blocks plus Shots plus Hits). Which prospects show signs of racking up the peripherals to help you succeed? We talk Alexander Nikishin, Niko Huuhtanen, Brennan Othmann, Joakim Kemell, Nathan Gaucher, Zachary L'Heureux, Logan Mailloux, James Malatesta, Terrell Goldsmith, Carson Wetsch, Egor Sidorov, Tij I…

Dan Besbris of SportsEthos joins the show to talk about late season fantasy basketball breakouts. Are they just the products of injuries or tanking or are these players to nab in dynasty leagues? We talk GG Jackson, Ayo Dosunmu, Caris LeVert, Keon Ellis, Deni Avdija, and Jalen Green. Subscribe to Dynasty Sports Life for great dynasty talk about fou…

At the start of the season, Jesse and Victor offered a hot take for each NHL team? How did that work out? Have a listen for the spectacular misses and the fun hits. It's a good excuse to discuss some of the surprises and disappointments of the fantasy season. Our show is part of the Dobber Podcast Network and sponsored by Fantrax.com. Email fantasy…

Jesse welcomes back Craig Bozic for takes on baseball players we have a close eye on coming into the new season. The boys discuss Tyler Soderstrom, Patrick Bailey, Vinnie Pasquantino, Kris Bryant, Kevin McGonigle, Xander Bogaerts, Amed Rosario, Dansby Swanson, Brady House, Jared Triolo, Teoscar Hernandez, Chas McCormick, Cole Schonwetter, Max Meyer…

A show of X gamers! Victor and Jesse break down young players we are assessing for fantasy. We talk Kirill Marchenko (W-CBJ), Tanner Molendyk (N-NSH), William Eklund (LW-SJS), Cruz Lucius (W-PIT), Seth Jarvis (W-CAR), Ivan Miroshnichenko (LW-WAS), Brandt Clarke (D-LAK), and Philip Broberg (D-EDM). Our show is part of the Dobber Podcast Network and …

The NFL Draft Combine has passed. Matt Cooper of Couch Scouts joins the show to preview the running back class. Previewed are Jonathan Brooks, Blake Corum, MarShawn Lloyd, Audric Estime, Ray Davis, Jaylen Wright, Trey Benson, Braelon Allen, Bucky Irving, Will Shipley, Jase McClellan, Dylan Laube, Cody Schrader, and Isaac Guerendo. Subscribe to Dyna…

The NHL trade deadline has passed and as the dust settles, Victor and Jesse sort out the impact team changes have meant to our fantasy players. Our show is part of the Dobber Podcast Network and sponsored by Fantrax.com. Email fantasyhockeylife@gmail.com and ask to join our free discord. Join our Patreon at Patreon.com/fantasyhockeylife for ranking…

CK Pieper joins the show to talk about various dynasty baseball storylines for the new year. How much do we trust rookie pitchers and which ones? How do the Brewers outfielders stack up? Are we too complacent about Shohei Ohtani? Which MLB teams are going to let our prospects play? Who will win the "Joe Borowski Award" this year for mediocre consis…

It's TIDY takes once again. Admiral Ryan, Jesse, and Victor turn the spotlight on their own moves this week by analyzing the moves each made leading up to the dynasty deadline. Players involved in the trades and discussed on the episode include Arthur Kaliyev, Mikhail Sergachev, Teuvo Teravainen, Justin Danforth, Vlad Namestnikov, Olivier Rodrigue,…

It's baseball preseason and time to take on some of the great debates, controversies and yes, strawmen, of fantasy discourse. We talk about analytics, ADP, rankings, projections and mock drafts. Also the secret to being a good dynasty player is finally, definitively revealed. In the second segment: the highest shares players from this year's prospe…

It's another Tidy Takes and X gamers edition of Fantasy Hockey Life. In the first segment, Ryan Downey joins Victor to break down recent dynasty trades. Then in X gamers, Victor and Jesse talk Andrew Cristall, Matthew Savoie, Riley Heidt, Owen Tippett, Collin Graf, and Sam Lipkin. Our show is part of the Dobber Podcast Network and sponsored by Fant…

Rick Haake of Fantrax and the On the Farm Podcast joins the show to discuss which characteristics we prioritize and deprioritize when valuing baseball prospects. Subscribe to Dynasty Sports Life for great dynasty talk about four dynasty sports. S ome music by Kevin MacLeod. Follow on twitter at @dynsportslife. Email at dynastysportslife@gmail.com…

James Iocavone of Dobbert Prospects and our prospect team joins the show for discussion of Flyers prospects as well as prospects from Boston College and University of Denver. We talk Eamon Powell (TBL), Cutter Gauthier (ANA - it's a long story), Oskar Jellvik (BOS), Ryan Leonard (WAS), Gabe Perrault (NYR), Will Smith (SJS), Sean Behrens (COL), Shai…

Kostas from Razzball is back as he and Jesse break down all the action from the NBA trade deadline. Who gained fantasy value? Who lost value? And what can all this tell us about the silly season to come? Subscribe to Dynasty Sports Life for great dynasty talk about four dynasty sports. Some music by Kevin MacLeod. Follow on twitter at @dynsportslif…

The 2024 NHL draft is right around the corner. Hadi Kalakeche of Dobber Prospects joins the show to discuss. Jesse asks Hadi and Victor the questions a fantasy player just starting to prep for this draft wants to know. Who are the top players? How does the draft stack up against recent years, especially at the forward and defenseman positions? Wher…

Matt Cooper from Devy to Dynasty Film Room discusses the top Wide Receiver prospects in the 2024 draft in the wake of the Senior Bowl. Jesse asks him about Marvin Harrison Jr, Malik Nabers, Rome Odunze, Brian Thomas Jr., Troy Franklin, Ladd McConkey, Devontez Walker, Keon Coleman, Xavier Legette, Adonai Mitchell, Xavier Worthy, Jermaine Burton, Joh…

Cat Silverman of InGoal magazine returns to the show to talk goalies. Hear her updated takes on Jesper Walldtedt - MIN, Lukas Dostal - ANA, Devon Levi, - BUF Yaroslav Askarov - NAS, Dustin Wolf - CGY, Drew Commesso - CHI, Calle Clang - ANA, Tomas Suchanek FA, Dylan Garand - NYR, Joel Blomqvist - PIT, Justus Annunen - COL, Samuel Ersson - PHI, Cal P…

It's a listener question episode. Craig Bozic returns to the show to pose questions to Jesse about prospects, dynasty strategy, and more. Subscribe to Dynasty Sports Life for great dynasty talk about four dynasty sports. Follow on twitter at @dynsportslife. Email at dynastysportslife@gmail.comBy In This League

In the X Gamers segment, Jesse talks with Victor about three players he recently wrote up at EP Rinkside: Quentin Musty (LW-SJ), Jagger Firkus (RW-SEA), and Hunter Brzustewicz (D-VAN). Mason Black (@NHLRankKing) brings listener polls pitting those three against similarly productive prospects. Then in the TIDY Takes segment, Admiral Ryan joins Victo…

CK Pieper of ITL, Fantasy Six Pack, and FantasyPros joins the show to discuss football. CK and Jesse go through players whose values have gone up or down since last preseason. Included are Baker Mayfield, Trevor Lawrence, Daniel Jones, Jordan Love, Kyren Williams, Devon Achane, Tony Pollard, Dalvin Cook, Nico Collins, Jayden Reed, Jerry Jeudy, Jame…

Blake Creamer from Apples and Ginos joins the show with advice on the players to roster for the remainder of the season. Victor and Jesse sk him bout Gabriel Vilardi, Eeli Tolvanen, Alexis LaFreniere, Rickard Rakell, Troy Terry, Warren Foegele, Brock Faber, Sam Bennett, Charlie Lindgren, Nick Schmaltz, Quinton Byfield, and Jonathan Drouin. Our show…

Son from The Athletic is back to talk dynasty basketball. We talk Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama, Jalen Brunson, Tyrese Maxey, Daniel Gafford, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Coby White, Isaiah Hartenstein, Jusuf Nurkic, Klay Thompson, Chris Paul, Andre Drummond, Russ Westbrook, Khris Middleton, Mike Conley, Bilal Coulibaly, Taylor Hendricks, and Ni…

TIDY Admiral Ryan joins the show to break down recent dynasty trades including Zach Hyman, John Carlson, Gabe Vilardi, Philip Tomasino, Denton Mateychuk, Cutter Gauthier, Tristan Luneau, Mathieu Joseph, Tommy Novak, Jagger Firkus, Rasmus Sandin, Logan Cooley, Darnell Nurse, Brayden Schenn, William Karlsson, Teuvo Teravainen, Matthew Poitras, and Da…

Nate Handy of the B-sides podcast returns to the show. We start talking about baseball FYPD. Then Nate talks some of his patented B-siders, depth unheralded prospects Nate thinks could break out. Discussed are Gavin Conticello, Trevor Werner, Bryan Rincon, Wilfredo Lara, Trevor McDonald, Kai-wei Teng, CJ Culpepper, and Logan Henderson. Subscribe to…

The World Juniors are over and we can look back on what we learned from the prospects involved. Victor and Jesse welcome Mitch Brown (@MitchLBrown) of EP Rinkside and ace tracker of CHL microstats. After discussion of Mitch's model and what goes into it, we talk about some of the players. Discussed are Will Smith, Hugo Havelid, Lane Hutson, Mathias…

The 3rd Annual FHL-Keeping Karlsson Crossover Draft sees Elan Dubrovsky and Lewis Ezekiel join Jesse and Victor to draft a roster for the second half of the season. The boys take turn picking teams and picking from skaters less than 95% rostered in the KKUPFL (which is tough). One pick from each team, points only, at least eight defensemen are the …